Hunter Barco or Michael Wacha
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 13 | 5 |
| Games Started | 13 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 81.0 | 11.2 |
| Wins | 4 | 0 |
| Losses | 4 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 66 | 14 |
| Earned Runs | 31 | 10 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 67 | 8 |
| Walks | 26 | 9 |
| ERA | 3.44 | 7.71 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.97 |
| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 29 | 34 |
| Games Started | 29 | 12 |
| Innings Pitched | 164.5 | 85.7 |
| Wins | 10 | 4 |
| Losses | 10 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 162 | 80 |
| Earned Runs | 75 | 41 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 22 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 128 | 79 |
| Walks | 48 | 36 |
| ERA | 4.13 | 4.35 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.35 |
| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| News | ||
| Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out two over 5.2 innings in Friday's loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 6th | The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | |
| Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Rangers. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st | The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th | |
| Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's loss to the Yankees. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th | Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd | |
| Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Thu, May 21st | ||
| Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Cardinals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th |   |   |   | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-5) | #25 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (3-1) | #121 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #135 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #131 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #38 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #211 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 |
| Tue, Mar 31st |   |   |   | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #368 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #17 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #100 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd |   |   |   | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-7) | #45 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #70 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (3-6) | #74 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #54 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #139 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (1-7) | #43 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #353 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #29 | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #145 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-3) | #114 | vs SD | Michael King (4-5) | #41 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-2) | #80 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #27 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #379 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-3) | #69 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (2-0) | #52 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #112 |
| Mon, Apr 13th |   |   |   | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-4) | #88 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #26 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #312 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (1-7) | #64 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #200 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-4) | #188 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (7-2) | #85 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-3) | #35 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (6-2) | #95 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #67 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (6-2) | #19 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-4) | #81 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (3-6) | #74 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #98 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #139 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-5) | #79 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd |   |   |   | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #6 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #146 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #47 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (4-4) | #378 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (7-2) | #10 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #40 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #54 |
| Mon, Apr 27th |   |   |   | vs STL | Dustin May (4-6) | #66 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #205 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #141 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #158 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (7-4) | #140 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #123 | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (1-0) | #170 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-4) | #7 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #160 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-2) | #86 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #185 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #29 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2) | #118 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-3) | #114 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (8-3) | #58 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #82 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-4) | #188 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (4-6) | #78 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #73 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #132 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #379 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #421 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #212 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #431 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #198 | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #294 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (4-6) | #66 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #42 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #141 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (8-2) | #4 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (7-4) | #140 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (5-1) | #8 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #24 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #102 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-4) | #90 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #93 |
| Thu, May 21st |   |   |   | @ STL | Dustin May (4-6) | #66 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (4-4) | #15 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-4) | #20 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #16 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-3) | #270 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-4) | #7 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #9 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #67 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #30 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-3) | #35 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #256 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-1) | #28 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #112 |
| Thu, May 28th |   |   |   | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-4) | #153 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #50 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-3) | #71 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #98 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #107 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-5) | #79 | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (2-3) | #75 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #100 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #136 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #176 | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-5) | #189 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (2-3) | #75 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (4-3) | #195 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #17 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (4-1) | #32 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (2-4) | #104 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (5-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-7) | #21 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #250 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #50 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #98 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #110 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (3-3) | #133 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (5-4) | #62 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #136 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #127 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (6-0) | #61 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #179 | @ ATH | ||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (7-2) | #85 | @ ATH | Jack Perkins (2-3) | #103 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (6-4) | #167 | @ ATH | Gage Jump (2-1) | #129 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #102 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #354 |
| Sat, Jun 20th |   |   |   | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4) | #434 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th |   |   |   | @ PHI | ||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd |   |   |   | @ WSH | ||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th |   |   |   | vs ARI | ||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd |   |   |   | @ MIL | ||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th |   |   |   | @ MIA | ||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th |   |   |   | @ SD | ||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th |   |   |   | @ CWS | ||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-5) | #5 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-3) | #71 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #198 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-7) | #45 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (1-7) | #43 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (7-1) | #33 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Lyon Richardson |   |   |   | |
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #141 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI |   |   |   | ||

